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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy
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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – How much are women and girls–half of humanity–valued?  When men violate us for sex in prostitution.  When […]

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

10/05/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

10/05/2025 By The Conversation

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The GOP's War on Science Endangering America: Climate Change, Evolution, Regulation

The GOP’s War on Science Endangering America: Climate Change, Evolution, Regulation

The Republican Party is increasingly emerging as an anti-science party. Since American greatness was built on its science and technology (and not on the odd […]

Juan Cole

Beware of self-destructive Turkish propaganda

Beware of self-destructive Turkish propaganda

Yesterday, the Hürriyet Daily News reported about a recent warning by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan to all ambassadors of Turkey who were gathered in Ankara […]

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Gül keeps pressing for a way out

Gül keeps pressing for a way out

Turkish President Abdullah Gül keeps pressing for a way out of the political crisis in the country despite the opposition’s refusal to keep cooperating on […]

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Turkish state fund seizes assets of CHP Istanbul candidate Mustafa Sarıgül

Turkish state fund seizes assets of CHP Istanbul candidate Mustafa Sarıgül

The decision was taken after the current mayor of Istanbul’s Şişli district failed to repay loans worth $3.5 mln taken out in 1998, daily Hürriyet […]

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UNESCO cancels event on Jewish ties to Land of Israel

UNESCO cancels event on Jewish ties to Land of Israel

Days before opening of Paris exhibit, UN cultural body bows to pressure from Arab states, who said it would harm peace talks

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Iraq
The Iraqi Heroine who Took on al-Qaeda in Northern Iraq

The Iraqi Heroine who Took on al-Qaeda in Northern Iraq

(By Ahmad al-Sayegh) Locals in the northern province of Ninawa are worried that extremists fleeing conflict in Anbar are going to end up back in […]

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Libya
America Black Ops Wars in 134 Countries

America Black Ops Wars in 134 Countries

(By Nick Turse) They operate in the green glow of night vision in Southwest Asia and stalk through the jungles of South America.  They snatch […]

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Domestic Surveillance
NSA Collects Hundreds of Millions SMS Text Messages every Day

NSA Collects Hundreds of Millions SMS Text Messages every Day

(By Mike Masnick) NSA Collecting Hundreds Of Millions Of Text Messages Daily, Looking At ‘Untargeted’ Messages & Data (via Techdirt) The latest in the ongoing […]

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Kerry urges opposition to attend Geneva on eve of vote

Kerry urges opposition to attend Geneva on eve of vote

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday put in a last-ditch plea to Syria’s opposition-in-exile to attend next week’s peace talks in Switzerland.

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